Shadowing a Doc questions

[deleted662474]

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Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

 

[mimelim]

Their scores have little to no relevance to you or getting to where they are currently. Therefore there is no reason to ask them.

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[beachside]

Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

No, that would not be appropriate. You can google average Step 1 scores by specialty anyway.

 

[karayaa]

Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

a) If they are doctors now, then they were accepted at least 7 years ago. Standards for admission have changed; their stats don't matter anymore.
b) Stats are just one part of the package for admission and residency. You can't know their whole story, and can't copy it, and it would be intrusive and shortsighted to try.

 

[NickNaylor]

Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

Dumb question, and for God's sakes don't ask any practicing physician that stuff.

 

[iniquus]

Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

If you have to ask if it's okay by making a new thread, chances are it is not okay. Would you ask a classmate you met on the first day about their GPA, standardized test scores, parents' income?

 

[Catalystik]

Is it OK to ask the doctors I shadow what scores they got on their Mcat, step 1, step 2, etc. I just want a general idea of what I have to do to get where they're at.

They won't remember.

 

[deleted662474]

Dumb question, and for God's sakes don't ask any practicing physician that stuff.

If you have to ask if it's okay by making a new thread, chances are it is not okay. Would you ask a classmate you met on the first day about their GPA, standardized test scores, parents' income?

There is no such thing as dumb questions. I didn't see this thread on sdn so I wanted to ask it. Hopefully future students could read the mature responses and learn from them. If you don't like this thread, you don't have to comment on it.

 

[NickNaylor]

There is no such thing as dumb questions. I didn't see this thread on sdn so I wanted to ask it. Hopefully future students could read the mature responses and learn from them. If you don't like this thread, you don't have to comment on it.

There are such things as dumb questions, and this one, my friend, falls into that category I'm sad to say. Taking into account changes in test formats, changes in scoring, the seemingly inevitable "score creep" that occurs over time, etc. should suggest that asking how a physician did on those tests 10+ years ago will net you no useful information. That's putting aside the obvious tactlessness that asking such a question requires.

 

[deleted662474]

There are such things as dumb questions, and this one, my friend, falls into that category I'm sad to say. Taking into account changes in test formats, changes in scoring, the seemingly inevitable "score creep" that occurs over time, etc. should suggest that asking how a physician did on those tests 10+ years ago will net you no useful information. That's putting aside the obvious tactlessness that asking such a question requires.

I'm not here to argue about if a question is dumb or not; I'm here to learn. Like I said, if you think this question is dumb, you don't have to post in this thread.

Taking into account changes in test formats, changes in scoring, the seemingly inevitable "score creep" that occurs over time, etc. should suggest that asking how a physician did on those tests 10+ years ago will net you no useful information.

You could have just said this in your first post and it would have been enough.

 

[NickNaylor]

I'm not here to argue about if a question is dumb or not; I'm here to learn. Like I said, if you think this question is dumb, you don't have to post in this thread.



You could have just said this in your first post and it would have been enough.

Sorry, don't mean to be an ass, but I just assumed much of this was pretty obvious.

 

[deleted662474]

Sorry, don't mean to be an ass, but I just assumed much of this was pretty obvious.

How's medical school? What year are you?

 

[NickNaylor]

How's medical school? What year are you?

I'm in fourth year, so medical school is good. It's the ($25k) year of a lifetime.